# NTSB LAX92LA394: Cessna 180, N3288D, Avalon, CA, September 20, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 20, 1992, 13:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Coordinates: 33.379184, -118.449226 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3792&lon=-118.4492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 31, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 27769
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX92LA394
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/27769/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA394

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER LANDING FLARE WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING AND A COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT WAS 'STILL HIGH' WHEN HE FLARED FOR A LANDING AND THE AIRPLANE DROPPED TO THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE LEFT TIRE BURST AND THE LEFTMAIN LANDING GEAR THEN COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3288D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3288D), registered now, S/N 32086 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32086
- Airframe hours: 3600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-J1B 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Agustin B. Reyes
- Registered owner: Rovero, Reyes & Dysart
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 7, 1992, 84 hours before
- Departed: TOA, TORRANCE, CA
- Airport: AVX, Catalina Island, runway 22, 3,240 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,200 total, 424 in this make and model, 1,495 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920920037779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920920037779A), Sep 20, 1992: Cessna 180, Avalon, CA, Substantial damage. Impacted hard on left wheel on drop in landing. Impact collapsed left main. Damaged wing prop and broke door hinges

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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